【正文】 unity. (Para. 4)Meaning:13 You will not be able to experience them all, but sample them widely! (Para. 5)Meaning: You will not be able to take all the courses, but try as many different courses as possible to see what they are about.14 Challenge yourself! (Para. 5)Meaning: Try taking some courses that may be difficult for you, so you can test your skills or abilities.challenge: vt. test the skills or abilities of sb. or sth. 考驗(yàn)…的技術(shù)/能力；激發(fā)；激勵(lì)The work is too easy. The students are not being challenged enough. 作業(yè)太簡單，沒有讓學(xué)生得到充分發(fā)揮。凡肯定與事實(shí)或真相不同的情況下，一般用assume。I assume you always get up at the same time. 我想你總是在同一個(gè)時(shí)間起床。在口語短語中，I suppose和I guess用法相同，但suppose更常見于英國英語，guess更常見于美國英語。Let’s suppose that they had not helped us. What would have happened? 假定他們不曾幫助我們，會(huì)發(fā)生什么情況呢?16 You will not only emerge as a more broadly educated person, but you will also stand a better chance of discovering an unsuspected passion that will help to shape your future. (Para. 5)Meaning: You will not only grow and develop into a more broadly educated person, but you will also be more likely to find a passion you don’t know you have, which will help you to shape your future.Note: When in college, the student is accumulating a variety of experiences. In essence he is growing and developing. At the end of this experience, the student will emerge, like the caterpillar (毛蟲) that undergoes metamorphosis (蛻變). While emerge may not literally mean “evolve”, there is a feeling or sense of “evolving” here.unsuspected: a. existing without your knowledge 未知的；未被想到的A previously unsuspected bone disease caused his disability. 一種前所未聞的骨頭疾病導(dǎo)致了他的殘疾。例如：I was frustrated. 我感到懊惱。2 ed加在少數(shù)不及物動(dòng)詞之后構(gòu)成形容詞，表示該動(dòng)作已經(jīng)完成。3 后綴 ed和后綴ing的不同以后綴ed結(jié)尾的形容詞（如ashamed, delighted, excited, frightened, interested, moved, pleased, surprised, worried等）通常用于說明人的心理或精神狀態(tài)；若修飾事物，則多為air(神態(tài)), appearance, cry, face, voice, mood等顯示某人情感狀況的名詞。例如：He is frightened. 他很害怕。He has a frightened look on his face. 他臉上帶有驚恐的神情。I read an interested expression on his face. 我看到他臉上露出一種感興趣的表情。17 A wonderful example of this is the fashion designer, Vera Wang, who originally studied art history. (Para. 5)Meaning: A very good example to show the importance of trying something you have never tried before is the fashion designer, Vera Wang, who at first studied art history.Meaning beyond words: Here the president is citing Vera Wang as an example to show the importance of trying something new and challenge yourself, which may bring about unexpected benefits. 18 Over time, Wang paired her studies in art history with her love of fashion and turned it into a passion for design, which made her a famous designer around the world. (Para. 5)Meaning: Gradually, Wang bined her studies in art history with her love of fashion and developed it into a passion for design, which made her a famous designer around the world.pair: vt. put two people or things together 使成對(duì)；配對(duì)You will look wonderful if you pair this dress with high heels. 要是用高跟鞋來配這條連衣裙，你看上去就棒極了。In your dorm, the student next door may repeatedly play the one song, which gives you aheadache!roommateowl!Don39。I promise you that the happy experiences will outweigh the unpleasant ones.all of them will provide you with valuable lessons which willyour life.glow 在你的宿舍樓里，住在你隔壁寢室的同學(xué)可能會(huì)反復(fù)播放同一首歌，令你頭痛欲裂！ 你可能喜歡早起，而你的室友卻是個(gè)夜貓子！ 盡管如此，你和你的室友仍然可能成為最要好的朋友。 我保證快樂的經(jīng)歷會(huì)多于不快的經(jīng)歷。 所以，帶著熱切的目光和歡樂的心情，去擁抱這些新的體驗(yàn)吧！19 You may be an early bird while your roommate is a night owl! (Para. 6)early bird: n. [C] (infml.)1) sb. who gets up early in the morning 早起的人My mom is an early bird — she always gets up at 5 in the morning. 我媽媽喜歡早起，她總是早上5點(diǎn)就起床。要是你10點(diǎn)鐘之后才趕到，好東西可就都賣完了。 he never goes to sleep before midnight. 他是個(gè)真正的夜貓子，從來不在半夜之前睡覺。用作并列連詞時(shí)，while有兩個(gè)意思，一是表示“但是；而”，表示兩種情況之間的差別。while的另一個(gè)意思是“雖然；盡管”，相當(dāng)于although。20 Don’t worry if you bee a little unfortable with some of your new experiences. I promise you that the happy experiences will outweigh the unpleasant ones. (Para. 6)Meaning: Don’t worry if you don’t feel very happy with some of your new experiences. I promise you that there will be more happy experiences than unpleasant ones.outweigh: vt. be more important or valuable than sth. else 比…更重要；比…更有價(jià)值The advantages of the new policy outweigh the disadvantages. 這項(xiàng)新政策利大于弊。We have confidence that your journey toward selfdiscovery and your progress toward finding your own passion will yield more than personal advancement. (Para. 7)Meaning:n. [C, U] (fml.) progress or development in your job, level of knowledge, etc. 進(jìn)步；進(jìn)展There is plenty of room for personal advancement within the pany. 該公司內(nèi)部有足夠的晉升空間。Advancement is like getting a raise or a better title. But college education enables one to do more than that。We believe that as you bee members of our munity of scholars, you will soon e to recognize that with the abundant opportunities for selfenrichment provided by the university, there also e responsibilities. (Para. 7)Meaning:Meaning beyond words:25A wise man said that education is truly the spirit and heart of a society because it passes from generation to generation.simply:26You inherit the fruit of the hard work of your families and of many other people who were before you. They built and passed on to you the knowledge which you will need in order to succeed.27Now it is time for you to acquire knowledge and pass it on.What knowledge will you acquire? (Para. 7)Collocation note:有的學(xué)生用learn knowledge來表示“學(xué)習(xí)知識(shí)”，但是這個(gè)搭配在英語中是錯(cuò)誤的，正確的表達(dá)應(yīng)該是 acquire knowledge。Usage note:該詞強(qiáng)調(diào)“一經(jīng)獲得就會(huì)長期持有”的含義。例如：We want people to acquire the habit of using public transportation. 我們希望人們養(yǎng)成使用公共交通的習(xí)慣。attain常與level, standard, goal, target, position, perfection, proficiency, excellence, fitness, mastery, maturity等詞以及與其詞義相近的詞匯搭配使用。8We take delight in the many opportunities which you will find, and in the responsibilities that you will carry as citizens of your munities, your country, and the world. 我們很高興你們將獲得許多機(jī)會(huì)，也很高興你們將作